Gay thriller books

We found 17 thriller books written by queer authors that feature LGBTQ+ protagonists to celebrate PRIDE—and to fill your TBR list with queer books to read all year long. These nine LGBTQ thrillers are the sort that are perfect for nights that you want to spend hours past bedtime glued to a book. They’re compelling, twisty, and (best of all) gloriously queer. One of the most commercially successful queer thrillers in recent years, Vernon’s Bath Haus, explores the dark side of contemporary gay relationships.

Oliver Park has everything that should make him happy: his partner, Nathan, a handsome, attentive, and wealthy trauma surgeon; a sprawling townhouse in Washington, D.C.; and, after years of. Check out this list of must-read LGBTQ+ mystery and thriller books to read for Pride Month and beyond. In this post, I’m listing some of my personal favorite queer suspense, thriller, or mystery books that feature LGBTQ characters.

I feel that these books are so important because they break through stereotypes, which we all know should be broken anyway, and create a safe space for all types of readers.

These books feature queer protagonists at the heart of compelling twists and turns. Representation matters. It dismantles stereotypes and allows stories to be told from new perspectives. When Ben Packard was just a boy, his older brother walked out of his grandparents home into a cold winter's night and was never seen again. Now, decades later, Ben Packard is a police deputy on leave and under investigation for a shooting.

With too much time to think, Packard can't help but revisit the past. When new information about his brother's case is revealed for the first time in years, Packard is determined to find the truth, even without the department's resources to help him. When his search leads him to a second mysterious death, Packard finds a strange connection between the two cases. With friends and foes working against him, it is up to Packard alone to untangle the web, finally learn the truth about his brother, and catch a killer.

Two teenagers break into a house on a secluded lake in search of prescription drugs…but the simple burglary transforms into something far more sinister. Emmett Burr has been keeping secrets in his basement for decades, and he'll do whatever it takes to make sure they don't get out. He may have appeared to be a helpless old man, but the lines between victim, abuser, and protector blur very quickly.

Ben Packard, the new sheriff deputy of Sandy Lake, Minnesota, ended up there because he wanted a fresh start. But as he's leading the investigation of the missing teens, he discovers that he'll have to reveal his own secrets and dig deep into a time he'd rather forget if he wants to save them in time. Joshua Moehling's second Ben Packard novel begins with the Labor Day weekend death of Bill Sanderson: former high-school quarterback, husband to Carrie, former husband to Sherri, used car salesman, lover of easy money.

Deputy Ben Packard arrives at the scene to begin his questioning; it seems everyone has a story to tell about Bill, but none of them have a clear motive for wanting him dead. Meanwhile, a tragedy strikes the sheriff's department, and Ben has to choose between the quiet life he came to Sandy Lake for, or fighting for the full-time role of Sheriff, which he isn't entirely sure he wants.

Always the outsider, there's a dark history to this town that Ben hasn't figured out yet; bad blood and old secrets run deep.

gay crime books

The legacy that someone will do anything to make sure never unearths itself. In it, we meet Alfie and his twin daughters, who are currently suffering the sudden loss of their mother, Pippa, who died nine months ago. He initially assumes its a nightmare, but the girls begin setting a place for him at the table, whispering to him, saying he's going to take them away….

Alfie asks Pippa's sister, Julia, a psychiatrist, for help. But then Alfie himself starts seeing visions of someone watching him at night, and he begins to question the insidious behaviors his girls are exhibiting. Sade Hussein is trading her homeschooled education for the prestigious Alfred Noble Academy boarding school for her junior year. While misfortune seems to follow her wherever she goes, she didn't think it would follow her to school…at least not on her first night.

But then her new roommate, Elizabeth, disappears, and everyone thinks Sade has something to do with it. Between the rumors, keeping up with school work, and her new friend group, The Unholy Trinity but most specifically Persephone, who Sade is inexplicably drawn to Sade has a lot going on. But people don't seem to be concerned enough about what happened to Elizabeth, so Sade and Elizabeth's best friend, Baz, take it upon themselves to investigate.

And then a student is found dead. Sade and Baz continue their investigation, but it becomes increasingly clear to Sade that not everything at Alfred is what it seems…and there are secrets at work even more misfortunate than hers. Working to overcome a tragic event that killed her girlfriend, Ava prefers to keep everyone out, putting all her attention on work. But then she gets a new boss.

Mat Putnam reminds Ava how nice it can be to open up to someone, and despite her gut instinct, she finds herself falling for him.